A Sobering Year for Emergency Departments and Their Patients
Dec 11, 2023 · In 2023, ED volumes are approaching those seen pre-pandemic at 66 percent. EMS arrivals increased; many of those patients (35 percent) were admitted. A lower volume of walk-in patients resulted in a relative increase in patients arriving by EMS.
As ER overcrowding worsens, a program helping to ease the ... - NBC News
Feb 7, 2024 · Overwhelmed staff members have reached a breaking point. As emergency room doctors nationwide plead for help to ease patient overcrowding, the one federal program that could fix the crisis is...
Emergency Department Boarding’s Impact on Patient Care and …
(OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois, November 28, 2023) – Emergency department (ED) boarding, or continuing to provide care for patients in the ED after the decision to admit due to lack of inpatient bed availability, is a long-standing yet increasingly common quality and safety issue.
Emergency room doctors are overwhelmed. Now they're issuing a …
Jun 21, 2023 · According to an ACEP survey of emergency room doctors, 97% said boarding times exceeded one day. More than 1 in 4 doctors said patients waited more than two weeks to be admitted to their hospital...
Emergency Department - latest research news and features - Medical Xpress
Dec 23, 2024 · Find all the latest on emergency department at Medical Xpress. Your go-to source for news, research, and medical breakthroughs.
Boarding Patients in Emergency Departments Nearly Doubles …
Oct 21, 2024 · Extreme delays associated with boarding in the emergency department have become a national public health crisis. A study in the October issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine is the first of its kind to detail the daily costs of boarding for a hospital.
Emergency department crowding hits crisis levels, risking patient ...
Sep 30, 2022 · In a pair of new studies, Yale researchers document a widespread and increasing level of overcrowding in America’s emergency departments (ED s), a crisis that puts patient safety and access to care at risk.
Newsroom - Emergency physicians
Sep 10, 2024 · Poll: Increasing Violence in Emergency Departments Contributes to Physician Burnout and Impacts Patient Care September 13, 2022 Top Researchers in Emergency Medicine to Present and Discuss New Data at ACEP22 Research Forum
Emergency rooms are at ‘breaking point,’ physicians say
Nov 9, 2022 · Emergency room clinicians have pushed Congress to increase regulations to protect them from the rise in violence. Hospital operators are reporting longer lengths of stay for patients, even as...
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